Re: [Monotone-devel] interface versions, again

From:

Ethan Blanton

Subject:

Re: [Monotone-devel] interface versions, again

Date:

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:36:18 -0500

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Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14)

Stephen Leake spake unto us the following wisdom:
> While we are on this topic, can I request that the monotone version be
> bumped to 0.43 immediately after the release, rather than immediately
> before the next release? That makes it easier for development versions
> of Emacs DVC (and other similar tools) to check for the presence of
> brand new stuff in monotone.
For Pidgin, we have found it helpful to, immediately after release,
increment the version number and append 'devel'. This helps us
identify those users who are using a development version which may
*not* have a particular feature, even though its version number would
otherwise suggest it. Monotone does, of course, provide the revision
identifier to help with this, but I for one don't know much about a
revision after a quick glance at the rev ID. ;-)
For example, in this case, after cutting the 0.42 release, nvm would
immediately be changed to 0.43devel.
Ethan
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